Then Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner speaks with Statehouse reporters in this 2015 file photo.

Brian Mackey
/ NPR Illinois

Governor Bruce Rauner’s office has been criticized by a state audit.

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Brian Mackey reports.

The auditor general’s report found that the governor’s office hasn’t kept track of state equipment, like a missing sofa. It also says the administration couldn’t name who was responsible for a computer that had vanished, or whether it contained confidential information.

Rauner says “nobody’s perfect.”

“Unfortunately, you know, everyone in the government is human and there's some mistakes made,” he says. “I’m very proud of our team, and they’ve done an extraordinary job.”

Rauner’s office told auditors a lot of the missing equipment has been gone since the administration of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

The audit also found that the governor’s office had outstanding appointments to make on more than half of the boards and commissions it checked.

But with hundreds of such groups in Illinois government, filling all those vacancies has been a problem since long before Rauner was governor.

Gov. Bruce Rauner won renomination by just three percentage points — a remarkable margin considering he raised more campaign cash than his opponent, Rep. Jeanne Ives, by a factor of 26 to one. Ives says she won't be endorsing the Republican governor for reelection.

Meanwhile, J.B. Pritzker bested each of his two main opponents for the Democratic nomination by 20 percentage points. But state Sen. Daniel Biss and Chris Kennedy both say they'll support Pritzker in his race against Rauner.